Jagatsinghpur is a

Vidhan Sabha The State Legislative Assembly, or Vidhan Sabha, or also Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in the states and union territories of India. In the 28 states and 3 union territories with a unicameral state legislature, it is the sole legislati ...

constituency of

Jagatsinghpur district Jagatsinghpur District is one of the thirty districts of Odisha in the eastern coast of India. It became a new district on 1 April 1993 (Vide Government Notification No.14218/R dated 27.03.1993 and EOG No.459 dated 01.04.1993) being separated ...

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...

. This constituency includes Jagatsinghpur, Jagatsinghpur block and Nuagaon block.

Elected members

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2009 including one By-Poll in 1959. Elected members from the Jagatsinghpur constituency are: *2019: (104): Prasanta Kumar Muduli ( BJD) *2014: (104): Chiranjib Biswal (

Congress A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of ...

) *2009: (104):

Bishnu Charan Das Bishnu Charan Das (9 October 1954 – 6 July 2020) was an Indian politician from the state of Odisha. He was a leader of the Biju Janata Dal and had previously contested seats in Odisha Legislative Assembly from Jagatsinghpur seat. In 2016, h ...

( BJD) *2004: (38): Bishnu Charan Das (BJD) *2000: (38): Bishnu Charan Das (BJD) *1995: (38): Bishnu Charan Das (

Janata Dal Janata Dal (“People’s Party”) was an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan), and the Jan Morcha united on 11 October 1988 on the birth annive ...

) *1990: (38): Bishnu Charan Das (Janata Dal) *1985: (38): Kailash Chandra Mallik (Congress) *1980: (38): Krushna Chandra Mallik (Congress-I) *1977: (38): Kanduri Charan Mallik (

Janata Party The Janata Party ( JP, lit. ''People's Party'') was a political party that was founded as an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian Nati ...

) *1974: (38): Laxman Mallick(Congress) *1971: (36): Laxman Mallick (

Orissa Jana Congress Orissa Jana Congress (Orissa Peoples Congress), generally just called the ''Jana Congress'', was a political party in the Indian state of Orissa. The Jana Congress was formed in 1966 when Harekrushna Mahatab (former Orissa Chief Minister) left th ...

) *1967: (36): Kanduri Charan Mallik ( PSP) *1961: (102): Priyanath Dey (Congress) *1959: (By Poll): Birakishore Das (Congress) *1957: (72): Nilmani Pradhan (Congress) and Kanduri Charan Mallik (PSP) *1951: (74): Nilmani Pradhan (Congress)

2014 election result

In 2014 election, Indian National Congress candidate Chiranjib Biswal defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Bishnu Charan Das by a margin of 2,888 votes.

2009 election result

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bishnu Charan Das defeated Indian National Congress candidate Chiranjib Biswal by a margin of 10,077 votes.

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References

{{Odisha elections Assembly constituencies of Odisha Jagatsinghpur district